Fill 'er up

The nice lady that lives in the complex across from the garage stopped over yesterday afternoon while I was in there- and it was hot yesterday!- and she said...

"you don't have that motorcycle finished yet??"

Yep. Happened.

We had a nice laugh about that, but I am getting closer. Down to several little projects as I've mentioned now, and it's fun to start checking some of these off the list(s). Each of these, of course, opens a few more cans of worms.  And I hate worms. But such as it is.

One such can was with the tail light mounting. The third (yes, 3) tail light combo I've bought arrived on Saturday; just a simple and clean follow the seat lines application. Subtle LEDs. Nothing special, but it's a solution. Then came the can of worms...

The mount it came with needed to be modified since it was too wide. But that by itself was no problem. The 'problem' or challenge is the place to mount it. It fits best if it's mounted directly to the seat pan; I can just epoxy it directly on there and be done with it. Of course, it has to be wired up, and the wires have to travel to the under seat area where the electronics will be. OK, not a huge problem either. The thing is, I can't bolt the seat on without first connecting the wires together, and can't reach the wires unless the seat is off.

The wires will need to be able to be disconnected and reconnected easily, to allow for removing the seat to get at all that stuff... under the seat.

My MV had a setup like this actually, so it's not something that can't be remedied. Still, the ideal solution is to mount and wire the lights to the seat pan vs. the seat itself. Then, the seat can be removed for servicing easily without disrupting anything else. So that's where some metal work shopping at The Home Depot tonight will come in...

Once more, one step forward, two backward.

I'm also moving apartments in the coming days, so I gotta juggle that part a little. But I happened to notice the empty gas can in my back patio.

And it's just sitting there, waiting for a trip to the gas station...

...and get filled up

...and brought back to the bike

...so she can start up once again.

Yeah, Mr. Gas Can, I'm waiting for that part, too.